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/ˈkeɪtəˌkʌz(ə)n/ · noun
(archaic) A person who, while not being a blood relation, is regarded as close enough to be called a cousin; a (very) close or good friend; a bosom friend..
His Maſter and he (ſauing your vvorſhips reuerence) are ſcarſe catercoſins.
His Mother vvas an Arch-Deacon's Daughter; as honeſt a VVoman as ever broke Bread: She and I have been Cater-Couſins in our Youth; vve have tumbled together betvveen a pair of Sheets, i'faith.
He [Samuel Johnson] vvas humble enough to deſire my aſſiſtance on this occaſion, though he and I vvere never cater-couſins; […]
The world talks loudly of your learning, your skill, and cunning in arts the most abstruse; nay, sooth to say, some look coldly on you therefore, and stickle not to aver that you are cater-cousin with Beelzebub himself.
Out rushed sighs and groans by dozens, / Forth by scores oaths, curses flew: / Proving you were cater-cousins, / Kith and kindred, king and you!
[T]hat, after twenty-four years, / we should sit here in Austria / as cater-cousins, under the glassy look / of a Naples Bambino, / the portrayed regards of Strauss and Stravinsky, / doing British crossword puzzles, / is very odd indeed.
This discovery of additional data will probably indicate that [Tobias] Smollett and [Samuel] Johnson, both frustrated competitors, and both Samsons breaking the records of other literary athletes, sometimes disliked each other, but that occasionally they enjoyed the happiness of being cater-cousins.
But he þᵗ [that] wil take his brothers parte against right, as to ratifie his brothers wrong deceyuing, he is to much natural, tanquam sequens ingenium siue inclinationem naturæ corruptæ contra voluntatem dei [as one following the disposition or inclination of the corrupt nature against the will of God]. And so to bee naturall maye well seme to be cater cosen or cosen germane with (to be diabolicall).
Use cater-cousin when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Cater-cousin means (archaic) A person who, while not being a blood relation, is regarded as close enough to be called a cousin; a (very) close or good friend; a bosom friend..
Common synonyms include bosom buddy, intimate.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
His Maſter and he (ſauing your vvorſhips reuerence) are ſcarſe catercoſins.
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